When: Thursday, December 8, 6:30PM.
Where: Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury, CT
What: At ongoing digs the past two summers, archaeologists unearthed rich data about Connecticut's
early colonial past. Join Dr. Brian Jones, Connecticut's State Archaeologist who led these excavations, and
discover what these recent archaeological explorations in Windsor and Glastonbury tell us about Connecticut's
earliest European settlers.
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Please note: Registration is suggested, by calling 860-658-7663 or by clicking
here.
For additional information, please check the Simsbury Public Library's Calendar page, by clicking
here.
• Brian Jones Lecture: "Connecticut's Early European Settlers–Year 2 Excavations"

When: Saturday, December 10, 3:00PM.
Where: Biology/Physics Building, Room 130, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
What: At ongoing digs the past two summers, archaeologists unearthed rich data about Connecticut's
early colonial past. Join Dr. Brian Jones, Connecticut's State Archaeologist who led these excavations, and
discover what these recent archaeological explorations in Windsor and Glastonbury tell us about Connecticut's
earliest European settlers.
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Location: Please click map to locate the Biology/Physics
Building on the UConn campus. Please click picture for a
picture of the building.
For questions, please contact David Colberg at
Dave Colberg or call 860-486-5690.

When: repeated at various times during 2016. Check your local listings!Where: History Channel
What: Former CT State Archaeologist Nick Bellantoni was requested by the History Channel to travel
to both Germany and Moscow to study the remains which are said to be those of Adolph Hitler. It was a tremendous
adventure for Dr. Bellantoni; and good reviews for UConn as well. Watch the History Channel to hear the whole
story!

• "Travel Channel: Mysteries At the Museum on Griswold Vampire Case

When: repeated at various times during 2016. Check your local listings!Where: Travel Channel
What: The "Griswold Vampire Case" began with the uncovering of 29 graves in an abandoned cemetery set
in a now-eroding rock pit. In one of the graves the bones had been rearranged, following an exhumation of the
deceased. Looking into this more deeply, Nick became involved in vampire legends which existed in eastern
Connecticut and western Rhode Island, especially in the late-18th to late 19th centuries. It turned out that
these kinds of exhumations and bone-rearrangings were an attempt by people whose families were being devastated
by tuberculosis, who trying to save their families using beliefs and methods originating from eastern Europe.
For additional information: Do a Google search on "vampires" to
find items on this within this web site, including a video of a talk given by Nick at Quinnipiac University in
2013 and a book, Food For the Dead, in which additional background information is provided.